What are you doing this Thursday? YASA's Theory Reading Group will meet on 10 October, 6pm GMT to discuss Malin Alkestrand's "Breeders, Rebels, and Warriors" (full article title in thread). Find the event link in the YASA Newsletter. Come join us!

Gov. Walz: We just found out Trump had his branded Bibles printed in China. This dude will even outsource God. But hey, I don’t blame Trump for not noticing the ‘Made in China’ sticker. They put them on the inside, a part of the Bible that he’s never looked at

Kafka, the patron saint of PhDs

Academic jargon is suffocating your understanding of concepts. Your writing lacks depth because you don't understand these terms. I've got your solution: Repost & reply 🎓 I'll DM you this handy guide in Google Sheets to explain scientific terminology (must be following).

📢EVENT ALERT📢 Where? University of Glasgow When? 3rd April 2025 We are ecstatic to launch the #CfP for our upcoming #symposium: '#Publishing #Fantasy for Younger Readers' featuring a #keynote by the fantastic Frances Hardinge! #Glasgow #WhatsOnGlasgow #Academia #Conference

In addition to the Publishing Fantasy for Younger Readers symposium, we have a couple of other fantastic FREE ChYALit-related events School of Education University of Glasgow in November and December. ⬇️

🥹😍🥹😍 I’m tied up in too many work things to participate as I wanted to … but there aren’t enough words to express how ridiculously proud I am of the whole YA Studies Association team!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Every groundbreaking discovery in science started with someone willing to challenge their own assumptions. Your next literature review could be the one that changes everything. Your academic work needs to fight confirmation bias. It's blocking you from great research. And it's

Come find me on the bluer skies place. I’m there as lephill 😊 I’ve not been overly active here for a while, but I’m finding all sorts of joy and delightful chatter. It’s all new and shiny! (Let’s not break it)

I am thrilled to announce that the Adaptation and Childhood special issue of the journal Adaptation that I guest edited with Madeleine Hunter, PhD is now live! Come read all about how children's literature and the very concept of childhood get adapted across media: academic.oup.com/adaptation/iss…

Thought I’d make this even easier… bsky.app/profile/lephil…

Congrats to Farrah Serroukh and CLPE on the excellent annual #ReflectingRealities report. Sadly, the significant drop in representation is what many of us feared/predicted would happen. Let this be a wake-up call for publishers to stay committed to truly representing all of society

YASA's Theory Reading Group returns this Thursday, 13 Feb. Huong Le GMT. Come join us! 😊 And keep an eye out for the full 2025 theory group schedule next week 👀🕵️

Upcoming conference: Mothers, Motherhood, and Mothering in Children's and Young Adult Literature. 💻 Online 🗓️ 12-14 November 2025 🚨 Deadline for proposals 2 May 2025 More details here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/02/13… Universität Münster Children's Lit Assoc Int'l Research Society for Children's Literature YA Studies Association MotherNet

Don't forget to register by 21st midnight IST!! The first talk in our Speaker Series is almost here!

YASA members! The YASA Seminar Series 2025 is on the horizon. ☀️ Like the YASA conference, this is a great opportunity to explore emerging ideas and new directions with an audience of fellow YA studies scholars. Deadline to apply is 27 April 2025. Application form in bio!😊

I'm not retweeting it, but... Do they not realise that red lightsabers are the lightsabers of the bad guys????

The first panel of YASA's Seminar Series is next week- Beth Kemp and Supriya Baijal (Supriya Baijal) will be ringing in the 2025 Seminar season for us on 16 June, 2025 at 11:00 GMT. Hope to see you there!

#CFP: "Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People" Online conference 11-12 February 2026 University of Münster Deadline: 31st August 2025 Website: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/